COVID-19 - Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

[jdmidwest]

1 minute ago, Terrierman said:

On a slightly related note, I had a horrible dream last night.  In the dream, we (humankind) learned that one currently unknown effect of the disease is sterility.  I woke with the sense that this is our asteroid moment and in a few million years the evidence of our mysterious disappearance will be argued at length.  

Why worry about sterility wiping out the population when the percentage of same sex couples keep rising.

[tjm]

3 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

it's expected that 60% to 70% of the population will get the covid. 

not a chance of that being true, everybody will get it in some form, maybe that 70% is estimated as knowing for sure that's what they had.

[Terrierman]

7 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Why worry about sterility wiping out the population when the percentage of same sex couples keep rising.

Ha Ha. Hilarious.

[liphunter]

15 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

and in a few million years the evidence of our mysterious disappearance will be argued at length.  

By who? 😁

[jdmidwest]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

So you don't think there's any merit to the theory that we need to be exposed to germs in order to keep our immune systems tuned up?   

It may just be the ignorant hillbilly in me.... but that just makes sense.    A certain number of tick/mosquito/chigger bites just seems to keep a fella balanced.   The feeling of being so vulnerable to everything around me would make me uneasy as hell. I'd almost rather live a shorter life if I had to go around fretting about that all the time.

Anyone remember the later life of Howard Hughes.  He was a famous germ a phob.

Blondie said it well "Die young, stay pretty!"
 

[liphunter]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

I believe that to be true myself.

I believe that as well. My wife is always asking why she gets colds and sick on occasion and I almost never do. I tell her, it's because she didn't eat enough dirt when she was a kid. of course I mean it in jest. But I think there is a hint of truth to it. 

[Mitch f]

Also, house dogs help kids develop tolerance as well.

[oneshot]

Went to Springfield had to go to a couple Hospitals. They basically took my Temperature and good to go. Had my first Treatment and all went well got 39 more. The Cancer has gotten worse but this is not really a surprise.

We went shopping and other than masks and barriers all was good.

oneshot 

[Terrierman]

56 minutes ago, liphunter said:

By who? 😁

Exactly.  It was a dream.  There was no happy ending.

[Al Agnew]

Why wear a mask?  Well, I don't know how effective it is, but it DOES, according to what I've read, stop SOME of the virus particles, and as has been stated here and elsewhere many times, you don't want to get a big load of virus particles at once.  A few, your body can fight off better.  A big dose is worse.  So yeah, that's one reason to wear a mask even if it doesn't protect you all THAT much.  

The other reason is to protect others, and there I think it's the same principle, except more so.  The fewer germs you put out if you happen to be infected, the less likely it is that somebody else will take in enough of your germs to get infected.

But there is what I think is a very important third reason.  We all have to live in society as it is, and that means getting along with "strangers".  If you are not wearing a mask, the people who are worried about getting it are NOT going to be happy with you when you're in the store buying groceries, and that includes the workers there.  I know it pisses me off to be someplace like the grocery store right now and see people not wearing masks.  So to get along with society, whether you think it does any good or not, the polite thing to do is to wear one.

As far as lessening the effectiveness of your  immune system by being too clean, I don't think that's the way it works.  Yup, I think you can build up a hearty immune system over a lifetime of being outdoors, playing in the dirt or otherwise getting dirty, drinking questionable water now and then, or whatever.  But if you have that healthy immune system, I don't think it matters to spend a few months being cleaner than normal and avoiding contamination as much as possible.  Nor can you build up a healthy immune system by suddenly being unsanitary when you were not unsanitary before.